Green and White 1940s Lionel Tin Model Train "Milking Platform" tattoos The hand-painted design--really a drawing

The hand-painted design--really a drawing on clay--reminds me of car race flags

the board on which it is mounted measures 9 3/8" x 7 3/8"

making them feel all the more singular

Base measures 8 1/2" l x 2 5/8" w x 3/4" thick

and dated 1965

Green and White 1940s Lionel Tin Model Train "Milking Platform" tattoos The hand-painted design--really a drawingThis is the second one of these I've had in the shop, and I'll buy them whenever I find them because I think they're just great. Made by Lionel Electric Trains, c. late 40s I believe, it would have been sold along with a milk truck, which would pull up in front of the platform to unload milk but now I think it just makes a great little sculpture, and a sweet platform for displaying other little things. Well rusted, but the green and cream still pop,